Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

16 October 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:				BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				SPECTRIS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				SPECTRIS PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				15 Oct 2025
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:				5p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			4,237,670	4.26%	617,634	0.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			581,457	0.58%	4,186,676	4.21%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,819,127	4.85%	4,804,310	4.83%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
5p ordinary		Purchase		89,874		41.1000  GBP	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		62,017		41.1041  GBP	40.9200  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		59	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,861	40.9243  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		686	40.9365  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,400	40.9381  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		940	40.9466  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,119	40.9562  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		800	40.9571  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,592	40.9708  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		677	40.9905  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		200	41.0008  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		241	41.0100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		560	41.0222  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		146	41.0400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		106	41.0422  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		269	41.0446  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		348	41.0747  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,159	41.0783  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,390	41.0819  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,000	41.0967  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,110	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,000	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		172	40.9239  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,955	40.9468  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,400	40.9481  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,567	40.9538  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		840	40.9669  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,096	40.9850  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,279	40.9941  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,982	41.0022  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,650	41.0058  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,208	41.0077  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		205	41.0126  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,449	41.0163  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,641	41.0263  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		700	41.0817  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,618	41.0972  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		301	41.0990  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		626	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		88	41.0040  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii)   the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				16 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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